2 • EARSHOT JAZZ • October 2012 PASSINGS / / / / / Musicians mourn a loving friend Gaye Anderson, 1950-2012 By Paul de Barros born in Seattle in 1950 and moved to Seattle Times jazz critic Tukwila when she was 6. After gradu- ating from Foster High School, she at- A pillar of the Seattle music scene has tended business college, then worked fallen. for Andy’s Diner. Gaye Anderson, owner and operator Miss Anderson then ran the Bumble- for 27 years of the New Orleans Creole bee restaurant with her business and Restaurant, in Pioneer Square, died romantic partner, Jimmy Allen, a chef, Thursday [August 30]. who died in 1996. Miss Anderson was 62. She went In 1985, Allen and Miss Anderson into a diabetic coma and was taken to opened the New Orleans on Yesler Harborview Hospital, where she died Way, which moved two years later to of complications related to lung and its present site on First Avenue South. heart disease, said her mother, Alice The New Orleans – a 200-capacity, Coleman. GAYE ANDERSON PHOTO BY DANIEL SHEEHAN brick-walled club colorfully decorated “She had a loving, loving heart; she with oil paintings of musicians and was just so caring,” said Miss Ander- Miss Anderson was nice, but she was Mardi Gras paraphernalia – hosted son’s mother. no fool. music seven nights a week, from blues Apparently Seattle musicians felt the Recalled longtime Seattle jazz ad- and zydeco to jazz and Americana. same way. In 2005, Miss Anderson vocate Lola Pedrini: “She and I went It was ground zero for traditional was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall up the street one night, and it was New Orleans jazz, but over the years of Fame. late, and she grabbed a shot glass and also presented modernists such as “There was no one – I repeat, no wrapped her hand around it. That was trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and pianist one – that was as generous and kind her weapon of choice, this petite, de- Denny Zeitlin. and loving to the musicians than Gaye mure looking woman. She was feisty Traditional jazz cornetist Dave Holo Anderson,” said Garfield High School as all get-out. But she had a heart twice summed up the club’s eclecticism Jazz Band director Clarence Acox, as big as she was. The salt of the earth.” nicely: “When a 23-year-old waitress who has played drums at the club for The New Orleans Restaurant is still comes up to me, a 60-year-old guy 26 years. open, and Miss Anderson’s family is playing 100-year-old music, and says, A petite platinum blonde with a assessing whether it will continue to ‘You rock!’ – how often can that hap- smoker’s rasp and a wicked tongue – run the business. pen?” she once kicked out customers who Besides her mother, of Seattle, Miss The New Orleans was also known abused her wait staff – Miss Ander- Anderson is survived by a brother, for its welcoming atmosphere, much son was known for her outsize love Joseph B. Anderson, of Tukwila; and of that due to the spirit Miss Ander- of musicians. A former publicist for several nieces and nephews. son emanated as she darted around the the restaurant, Jim Hamilton, used to No memorial is currently scheduled, club, waiting tables, chatting with cus- lovingly joke that Miss Anderson was but musicians are planning one. tomers and working the bar. “so nice, it was as if she were trying to Reprinted with permission from the Se- “Everybody was welcome,” said make up for someone in her past who attle Times, copyright 2012. Acox. “People would come after going had run over a musician.” to black-tie events. People would come The fourth of four siblings – one of Celebrations in honor of the life of Gaye in there after the Mardi Gras celebra- whom was the late Washington legisla- Anderson were held at the New Orleans tion. It was completely unpretentious.” tor Cal Anderson – Miss Anderson was Creole Restaurant during the week of September 24-28. October 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 3 EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL 2012 seattle’s jazz festival / october 12 - november 4 Welcome to the 2012 Earshot Jazz Festival Welcome, and thanks for flying Ear- world’s most important artists and Earshot Jazz Festival and for their shot Jazz. As you settle in to this year’s have presented Seattle’s amazing jazz commitment to jazz overall. We are program, be sure to stow your precon- musicians in a world-class festival set- pleased to be back at the Northwest ceptions about what jazz should be, ting. In all, more than 250 artists will Film Forum for some rare jazz films. and open your overhead bin to more participate in 50-some events over 23 Thanks again to regular collaborators than 50 exciting expressions of what days, in 14 venues around the city. like the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orches- has got to be the world’s most dynamic Earshot Jazz programs are respected tra, Nonsequitur and especially Cor- and vibrant art form. This is jazz in the for celebrating the continuum of jazz nish College of the Arts. present tense, in a global sense, with- in Seattle. Last year, the Jazz Journal- out a fence. Fasten your seatbelts! Here ists Association recognized us as Jazz we go again! Heroes at their New York awards. The Each year, the Earshot Jazz Festival year before that, Earshot Jazz was hon- brings some of the world’s great art- ored with the national ASCAP/CMA ists into creative contact with our in- Award for Adventurous Programming, credible Seattle artists and audiences while five years ago we received the Se- in a monstrous series of main-stage attle Mayor’s Arts Award in recogni- concerts, club dates, educational op- tion of our enduring contributions to portunities and jazz films. This festival our home community. offers a chance for Seattle audiences The Earshot Jazz Festival is the big- to catch up with old friends and meet gest undertaking of the Earshot Jazz new ones, and put themselves in the organization, but it is far from our path of some of the great creativity of only activity. We present nearly 100 our day. It is an opportunity for us all concerts and events throughout the JOHN GILBREATH BY BILL UZNAY to redefine our perceptions and possi- year, and collaborate on outside con- bilities for music, and to slip into the cert initiatives, like the Art of Jazz at Special thanks to our major funders, jet stream of jazz. the Seattle Art Museum and the Bel- including the Paul G. Allen Family The overall quality of life we’ve come levue Jazz Festival. We also publish Foundation, the National Endowment to expect here in this remarkable city the monthly Earshot Jazz newsletter, for the Arts, and the Boeing Company, includes an absolutely vibrant cultural work to provide educational opportu- and a huge thanks to George Heidorn community that stretches easily across nities and advancements to the field, for his support. Thanks to participat- the spectrum, from the traditional to and present the Golden Ear Awards ing radio stations KPLU, KBCS, and the alternative, in every aspect of ar- program each year to recognize the to the many interns and volunteers tistic expression. Within our world- achievements of Seattle’s jazz artists. who help us each year. renowned music scene exists a valued This festival relies on creative col- And, as always, thanks to you, the jazz sensibility that continues to draw laborations with individuals and or- high-flying, concert-going audience. international attention. ganizations. We are very grateful to May we never reach our final destina- In the context of that vibrancy, Ear- the kind people at Benaroya Hall, the tion! Enjoy! Give us your feedback. shot Jazz produces one of the most Chapel Performance Space, Seattle Let’s keep jazz alive and thriving in distinctive jazz festivals in the coun- Art Museum, Langston Hughes Per- Seattle! try. For 24 years, Earshot Jazz festivals forming Arts Center, the Triple Door, Welcome to the 2012 Earshot Jazz have enriched this community with Tula’s Jazz Club and the Royal Room Festival! one-of-a-kind concerts by some of the for their enthusiastic welcome of the – John Gilbreath, Executive Director 4 • EARSHOT JAZZ • October 2012 to the sponsors, staff, and more than 80 volunteers THANK YOU! who make the Earshot Jazz Festival possible FESTIVAL STAFF MAJOR SUPPORT SPONSORS IN KIND JOHN GILBREATH, Executive Director KAREN CAROPEPE, Managing Director SCHRAEPFER HARVEY, Production Manager, Program Editor & Volunteer Coordinator PETER MONAGHAN, Brochure Editor DANIEL SHEEHAN, Festival Photography CARL LIERMAN, Poster & Brochure Design SUSAN PASCAL, Festival Web Site EDOCEO.COM, Online Volunteer and Production Scheduling Software CO-PRESENTERS Benaroya Hall Cornish College of the Arts Kirkland Performance Center KPLU 88.5FM NPR Seattle Office of Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center Live @ Benaroya Hall Northwest Film Forum The Royal Room Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Town Hall Seattle The Triple Door Tula’s Restaurant & Jazz Club Western Jazz Presenters Network October 2012 • EARSHOT JAZZ • 5 TICKETS and info (206) 547-6763 / www.earshot.org TICKETS ON SALE SITES + ADDRESSES PLEASE NOTE All events are all-ages, except shows after 9PM at the Triple Venues are located in Seattle Door and 10PM at the Royal Room. unless otherwise noted TRIPLE DOOR: Advance tickets available at 206-838-4333 & 1 BENAROYA HALL S. MARK TAPER www.thetripledoor.net. Full dinner menu available. FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM & TULA’S RESTAURANT & NIGHTCLUB: Reservations (but not advance tickets) ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL available at 206-443-4221. Full dinner menu available. HALL THE ROYAL ROOM: Advance tickets and reservations available at 206-906- 200 University Street (downtown) 9920, www.theroyalroomseattle.com.